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Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 - January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Love makes your soul crawl out of it's hiding place

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Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.

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Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.

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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

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Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

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I want a busy life, a just mind, and a timely death.

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Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do it enough to impress themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much.

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Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at de sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

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There is something about poverty that smells like death.

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